It seems to be the unpopular opinion, but I really liked ARR just as it was - so much so that I went from a free trial to immediately pre-ordering ShadowBringers, and I can't say if any of the other expansions after that would have been enough for me to do that.

I will say that, I found 1 thing particularly disappointing, however: Livia sas Junius battle. Having that been included in the 8-man dungeon didn't give me that satisfaction of defeating her I *needed* after everything she'd done, and that I would have gotten in a regular FF game where you control all the characters. The Gaius/Ultima Weapon were a lot less personal, so having a giant group didn't detract from that the same way.